Improvement in fastening seats to carriages



M. 0. REMINGTON.

Carriage-Seat Fastening.

Patented May '28. 1867.

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MARTIN C. REMINGTON, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 65,118, dated ilfay 28, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENING SEATS T0 OARRIAGES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MARTIN C. REMINGTON, of Auburn,'county of Cayuga,and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFastening Seats to Carriages; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full and exact description of the same, sufiicient to enable othersskilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understandand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying. drawing,which makes part of this specification, and which is a front view of mydevice, showing the working thereof in red.

The nature of my invention consists in the use of an eccentric lever, bymeans of which a sliding or rotating hook, attached to the seat-raiser,and hooking around a pin on the carriage, is drawn upwards, so as totightly hold the seat to the carriage.

In Figure 1 of the drawing, A may represent the inner face of the sideof the box of a carriage or sleigh, near the top of which is fastened across-piece, a, provided with a vertical hole, 6, as shownin dottedlines, into which fits a pin, attached to the lower edge of theseat-raiser B. Pivoted to the seat-raiser B is an eccentric lever, 0,consisting of the plate -c, provided with-an elevated rim, d, eccentricwith the pivot e, and with an arm, D. E is a hook, a longitudinal slotin the upper part of which plays around the pivot e,being secured by thewasher f. This hook E is provided with a notch, g fitting over the rim dof the lever D, so that when the hook is placed around a pin, it, on thecross-piece a, and the arm D of the lever O is forced downward, theeccentric rim d working around the pivotf, and operating on the hook Eby means of the notch g, will lift the hook, as that point of the rim dnearest the arm D is also nearest the pivot f, and the downward movementof the arm D shortens the distance between the always lowest part of theeccentric rim d and the pivotf. The hook E is enabled to move upward, bymeans of the slot in its upper part, and no lateral movement of the samecan take place, and thus the seat-raiser will beheld firmlyin place. Torelease the hook the lever-arm D must be moved or forced upward, whenthe rim d following it, will cause the hook E to slide downwardbelow thepin or button 7],, and entirely clear the same. The seat-raiser can thenbe readily detached from the box A. v

Figure 2 is a modification. The shank of the hook is continued into aring or circle, F, in the open space iof which fits the eccentric C. Thelever-arm D is separate from the eccentric, and has a perforation nearits 'i'im end, which receives a pin, 2', secured to the eccentric, at apoint diametrically opposite the pivot pin f. The lower face of thelever has secured to it a spring, whereby the inner end of the lever isalways retained against the ring F of the hook E. The upper face of thecircle is serrated or pivoted with ratchet teeth K, into which dropcorresponding teeth on the lower face of the inner end of the lever-arm.A The pivotfhas a bearing in a right-angular arm, G, which is mountedsuitably on the seat-raiser. v

r The operation is as follows: When the seat-raiser is applied to'thebox A, and the hook E is in line with the pin it, the lever is drawndownward, and the eccentric will then draw the hook upward. The toothedend of the lever will pass over the teeth on the ring, and catchtherein, so soon as the hand is released; the spring on the lower sideof the lever pressing the outer end of the lever outwardly, andconsequently the inner end inwardly. The lever is readily raised fromthe eccentric, but always will operate the latter by means of the pin 2,on which the lever loosely plays. To release the hook the notched end ofthe lever D must be raised from the teeth It, and thelever drawn upward;the eccentric will then face the hook downward and laterally from thepin, and so clear the pin, as shown in red in the figure. I

It is evident that the fastener may be readily drawn up, and is easilyoperated and applied by an unskilful person. I design to make it of castmalleable iron, and thus cheapness will be combined with utility.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The device for fastening seats to carriages, and constructedsubstantially as described.

2. The eccentric G and sliding hook E, substantially as described forthe purpose specified.

3. The locking device, .consistingfof thespring-toothed lever D, toothedring F, of the hook E, in combination with the eccentric C,substantially as described.

The above specification of my improvement in fastening seats tocarriages or sleighs'signed this tenth day ofApril, 1867.

' MARTIN C. REMINGTON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. Wrsonnsnnrm, ALEXR. A. C. KLAUCKE.

